The comic capers of Sheikh Chilli
By: Retold by Anupa Lal
Publisher: Scholastic India Pvt Ltd
Published: 2007
Place of publication: New Delhi (India)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 97
ISBN-13: 9788176558471
Subjects: Short stories; Juvenile fiction; India Folktales; Wit and humor
Description: A daydreamer. An innocent fool. A simpleton. A fakir. Sheikh Chilli was all this and more. So whether it was believing that a watermelon was a horse's egg, dreaming that he was a mouse and was being chased all over the village by a cat, or tricking the miserly kazi into paying him a year's salary. Sheikh Chilli's sometimes foolish and often laughable antics have made him a favorite with generations of children. This collection of twenty tales contains all the fun and wisdom that make the stories of Sheikh Chilli so widely read and well loved.